Tyler Johnson (basketball)

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Tyler Johnson
Tyler Johnson Heat 2016 (cropped2).jpg
Johnson with the Miami Heat in 2016
Free agent
Position Shooting guard / point guard
Personal information
Born (1992-05-07) May 7, 1992 (age 31)
Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High school Saint Francis
(Mountain View, California)
College Fresno State (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2015–2019 Miami Heat
2019–2020 Phoenix Suns
2020–2021 Brooklyn Nets
2021–2022 Philadelphia 76ers
2022 San Antonio Spurs
2022–2023 Brisbane Bullets
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-MWC (2014)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Tyler Ryan Johnson (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Fresno State University.

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Early life

Johnson attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.

College career

In his four-year career at Fresno State University, Johnson appeared in 127 games (87 starts) and averaged 10.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 27.9 minutes per game while shooting 45.6 percent from the field, 37.4 percent from three-point range and 71.6 percent from the free-throw line. He finished his career ranked number 16 on Fresno State's all-time scoring list with 1,346 career points. As a senior, he was named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team and shot 43.2 percent from three-point range, the sixth-highest single-season three-point field goal percentage in school history. [1]

Professional career

Sioux Falls Skyforce (2014–2015)

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Johnson joined the Miami Heat for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [2] On August 7, 2014, he signed with the Heat, [3] but was later waived by the team on October 25. [4] On November 3, he was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Heat. [5]

Miami Heat (2015)

On January 12, 2015, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Heat. [6] Three days later, he made his NBA debut against the Golden State Warriors, appearing for 1:44 minutes and scoring two points on a pair of free throws.

Return to the Skyforce (2015)

On January 22, the Heat decided to not retain Johnson after his contract expired [7] and two days later, he returned to the Skyforce. [8]

Return to Miami (2015–2019)

Johnson later re-joined the Heat on January 29 as he signed another 10-day contract with the team. [9] On February 8, he signed a two-year deal with the Heat. [10] [11] On March 2, he had a season-best game with 26 points and 4 steals in a 115–98 win over the Phoenix Suns. [12] Five days later, he scored 24 points and played in a career-high 44 minutes off the bench as he helped the Heat defeat the Sacramento Kings, 114–109. [13] He topped that minutes mark by playing in all 48 minutes of the Heat's season finale win over the Philadelphia 76ers. [14]

On July 9, 2015, Johnson was sidelined for six weeks with a broken jaw that he sustained while playing for the Heat during the 2015 NBA Summer League. [15] On December 9, 2015, he scored a season-high 20 points in a loss to the Charlotte Hornets. [16] He later missed eight games during December with a shoulder injury. [17] Johnson fought through his left shoulder pain during January before missing the team's final two games of the month after succumbing to the pain. [18] [19] After initially trying to avoid surgery, Johnson ultimately gave into the idea on February 1, 2016, [20] a procedure that ruled him out for three months. He returned to action on May 1, coming off the bench for the final six minutes of the Heat's Game 7 win over the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the playoffs.

After the 2015–16 season, Johnson became a restricted free agent. On July 6, 2016, he received a four-year, $50 million offer sheet from the Brooklyn Nets. [21] Four days later, the Heat matched the Nets' contract offer, re-signing Johnson. [22] On December 7, 2016, he scored a career-high 27 points in a 103–95 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. [23] He topped that mark on December 20, scoring 32 points—the most any Heat reserve has ever scored in a game—in a 136–130 double overtime loss to the Orlando Magic. The previous Heat scoring record by a reserve was 29 points, by Voshon Lenard in 1999. [24]

On December 30, 2017, Johnson scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the third quarter of the Heat's 117–111 win over the Magic. [25]

On December 23, 2018, Johnson scored 20 of his 25 points in the third quarter of the Heat's 115–91 win over the Magic. [26]

Phoenix Suns (2019–2020)

On February 6, 2019, Johnson was traded, along with Wayne Ellington, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Ryan Anderson. [27] On February 23, he scored a season-high 29 points in a 120–112 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. [28] [29] Two days later, he scored 18 points against his former team, the Miami Heat, to help the Suns snap a franchise-record 17-game losing streak to win 124–121. [30] On April 4, 2019, Johnson was ruled out for the rest of the season after missing 10 games with right knee soreness and undergoing arthroscopic surgery. [31] On February 9, 2020, Johnson was waived by the Suns. [32] [33]

Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021)

On June 24, 2020, Johnson signed with the Brooklyn Nets. [34] On November 27, he re-signed with the Nets. [35] In 39 games played with Brooklyn, he averaged 5.4 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in an average of 17 minutes per game. In the Nets' elimination from the NBA playoffs against the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks, Johnson totalled 4 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists in a combined 22 minutes of action. [36] Johnson won praise for his personality fit and work with the Nets second unit, but Brooklyn chose not to re-sign him in free agency. [37]

Philadelphia 76ers (2021–2022)

On December 22, 2021, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, via the hardship exemption. [38] He appeared in three games and averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. [39]

San Antonio Spurs (2022)

On January 6, 2022, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs. [39] He appeared in three games, and averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game for the Spurs.

Brisbane Bullets (2022–2023)

On July 30, 2022, Johnson signed with the Brisbane Bullets in Australia for the 2022–23 NBL season. [40]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014–15 Miami 32218.8.419.375.6812.51.31.0.35.9
2015–16 Miami 36524.0.488.380.7973.02.2.7.48.7
2016–17 Miami 73029.8.433.372.7684.03.21.2.613.7
2017–18 Miami 723928.5.435.367.8223.42.3.8.511.7
2018–19 Miami 441025.5.426.353.6932.82.5.9.510.8
2018–19 Phoenix 131231.2.368.321.8724.04.21.1.511.1
2019–20 Phoenix 31316.6.380.289.7501.71.6.4.35.7
2019–20 Brooklyn 8424.3.405.3891.0003.03.0.5.112.0
2020–21 Brooklyn 39317.5.393.364.8572.01.2.4.05.4
2021–22 Philadelphia 3012.7.400.429—2.0.7.3.33.7
2021–22 San Antonio 3017.7.200.333—2.01.7.7.72.0
Career3547824.6.426.360.7793.02.3.8.49.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2016 Miami 5012.2.455.500.7271.41.6.2.04.2
2018 Miami 5516.2.538.600.8571.6.8.4.08.0
2020 Brooklyn 4223.3.457.3931.0001.82.3.0.313.8
2021 Brooklyn 808.6.353.2731.000.8.6.3.02.1
Career22713.8.460.418.8181.31.2.2.06.0

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2010–11 Fresno State31116.9.441.143.5402.92.01.1.34.4
2011–12 Fresno State332329.6.422.315.6864.62.51.3.39.3
2012–13 Fresno State 292829.6.461.402.7094.12.0.9.212.1
2013–14 Fresno State 353533.6.479.432.8057.32.91.0.415.9
Career1288727.6.456.372.7164.82.41.1.310.5

Personal life

Johnson is the son of Jennifer and Milton Johnson, and has four siblings: Brandon, Lauren, Logan, and Gabe. [1] [41] His mother is in the United States Air Force. [42] Johnson's biggest hobby off the court is cooking. [43]

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